English

14th Dec 2011: Click here to go directly to the Exam information for 2010 - 2012

NB. The English pages of the website are currently being re-developed and updated for the new school year which starts on Mon 27th June 2011. Until this has been completed, some of the information within this area is slightly out of date. Thank you for you patience. PRi 5th May 2011

Welcome to the English Department.  Click to send email.

Mrs J Knowles Curriculum Leader

Ms F Amehd                                                                       

Ms M Camidge

Ms E Erskine

Mrs J Watson

Ms D Murphy

Ms L Napier

Ms R Pitts

Ms C Preston

Mrs K Rowbottom

Mrs J Slade

Ms A Smith

Please click on the links on the left for more information about each Key Stage and other aspects of our Department:

TO BE UPDATED.............................

KS3 Homework topics for 2010

Year 7: A variety of research, reading and writing homework tasks for class reader.

            Travel writing research, planning and drafting.

Year 8: A variety of research, reading and writing homework tasks linked with a modern play/drama.

            Planning, drafting and writing of short stories possiblily with a twist in the tale.

Year 9: A variety research, reading and writing homeworks linked with a Shakespeare play.

            A variety of research, reading and writing homework tasks for war poetry.

KS4 Homework Topics for 2010

Year 10 - Spring Term

A  variety of reading, writing and research tasks leading to a piece of English coursework for English and/or English Literature.

A media studies coursework task that include study research and practical application regarding either; websites, newspapers, advertising, radio or other media. 

A piece of original writing that can be linked to either the Shakespeare English coursework or the media.

Summer Term

Study, reading and research leading to a piece of English coursework about poetry from other cultures.

For those studying English literature, reading and study leading to a piece of pre-1914 prose coursework.

Preparation and planning for the practical production task for media studies that will be completed in groups in both Year 10 and 11.

Year 11 - Spring and Summer Term

English: preparation and skills preparation for the fiction and non-fiction papers to be sat in June.

English Literature: revision and preparation for the literature exam including modern drama, novel and unseen poetry.

Media Studies: preparation and study for the pre-released controlled test that will be about ‘The Popular Press' for the 2010 exam.

 

Key Stage 5 Homework topics for 2010

English Language - Year 12

Students study the following:

• Language and Power
• Language and Gender
• Language and Technology

English Language - Year 13

Students study the following:

• Language Change
• Child Language Acquisition

English Literature - Year 12

Examination texts for 2010:

• Oleanna by David Mamet
• Selected Poems by Carol Anne Duff (core text)
• Selected Poems by Sheenagh Pugh (partner text)

English Literature - Year 13

Examination texts for 2010:

• Hamlet by William Shakespeare (LNa's group)
• King Lear by William Shakespeare (EWa's group)
• Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake (JKn's group)
• Selected Poems by John Donne (JSl's group)

Feb 2010